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Marcelo Bielsa chalked up another win as Leeds United boss on Saturday, as second-half goals from Luke Ayling and Kemar Roofe sealed a 2-0 win over Yorkshire rivals Rotherham.

Elland Road was sold out, as fans flocked to see Bielsa get off to a better start than any other Leeds manager in history, as he became the first Whites chief to start his tenure with four straight wins.

While 33,699 fans were packed into Elland Road and thousands more will have been rushing to watch the highlights, there were still a fair few moments that supporters will have missed. Have a look at some of them here...

Respects paid to Barry Chuckle

Friday saw Rotherham's New York Stadium hold the funeral of the club's life president Barry Chuckle and Leeds United fans put their Yorkshire rivalry with the Millers to one side to pay tribute to the late children's enterntainer.

THe 73-year-old was a huge Rotherham fan and during the first half at Elland Road, home fans in the South Stand began a chorus of 'there's only one Barry Chuckle'.

That was met with warm applause from the visiting fans in the next stand, before the two sets of supporters would chat 'to me, to you, to me, to you', in recognition of the Chuckle Brothers' famous catch phrase.

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Ayling plays the waiting game

Luke Ayling had to wait more than two seasons for his first Leeds United goal, so he probably didn't mind the 15 second delay between the ball crossing the line and Leeds being awarded the goal.

Ayling heads home

Leeds had come out of the blocks quickly in the second half and four minutes after the interval Ayling dived forwards to get his head on the end of a loose ball after Liam Cooper had been denied.

There was a defender situated on the line who head the ball out and after it eventually went out, referee Robert Jones signalled for a goalkick.

But, with a crowd of players from sides around him, he quickly changed his mind and awarded a goal for the hosts.

The right-back got his goal - eventually

It emerged after the game that the wristband Jones was wearing which is supposed to vibrate when the ball crosses the line failed to do so, but the frantic waving from his assistants, who's tech was all working, was soon spotted and Ayling's goalscoring account at Leeds United was up and running - at last.

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Saiz *almost* gets the goal of the season

After Ayling's opener, this Leeds side were obviously not going to settle for a 1-0 and pushed to try and find a second to kill off their opponents. While Roofe superbly doubled Leeds' advantage in the 71st minute, Samu Saiz was oh-so close to scoring an early goal of the season contender.

Saiz came oh-so close to a goal of the season contender

The hosts swept forwards in the 68th minute, with Ayling and Hernandez swapping a series of triangular one-touch passes which bamboozled the Millers' defenders, before Saiz got involved, with his one-two with Hernandez opening up space for him to cross the ball back in to Saiz just outside the crowded six-yard box.

Saiz had little space to aim at as he tried to stab the ball over the 'keeper and into the back of the net, but his shot was blocked on the line.

Either check out the highlights or search on Twitter for this passage of play, as I'm not sure we'll see better build-up play all year.

A personal best for Phillips

Kalvin Phillips has taken to his new defensive-minded role under Bielsa like a duck to water and from a statistical point of view, he hit new heights against the Millers.

With more touches and more passes than any other player on the pitch, he again underlined his importance in the side.

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Let's hear it for... Jamie Bamford?

From burger fans to programme sellers, there's always plenty going on when you walk up to Elland Road on matchday.

But a few double takes were made when fans walked past one of the unofficial merchandising stands on the way to the Bremner Statue.

That's because one enterprising individual obviously thought Leeds fans would be clamouring to get their hands on a scarf that sported the name and face of the club's latest summer signing.

But, as ever, the devil is in the details.

Now, we're sure there are plenty of Jamie Bamford's in the world, but none of them play for Leeds United.

And after checking, we know that Patrick and Jamie are the latest pair of brothers to play for Leeds after the Milburns, Grays, the Greenhoffs, the Bakers, the Snodins and the Wallaces.

Back to the factory for this particualr garment, you'd expect.

But perhaps it was a cunning ploy to stop people from talking about the atrocious half-and-half scarfs for a match against a Yorkshire rival.

Bielsa the protector

He's the first manager to lead Leeds United to wins in their first four games and has his side playing some of the best football seen in a generation. What's more, he's doing it with almost the same players who finished 13th last season.

It's therefore perhaps an understatement that Bielsa has quickly won over the fans, but yesterday he also added another strong to his bow, as a personal protector to Leeds fans.

As you can see in the tweet above, when a high ball came flying out of play, Bielsa was there to parry the ball away from a fan on the front row.

All without getting off his bucket. Just what will the Leeds United head coach's next trick be?